Attachment for check-controlled apparatus



April 21, 1925. 1,534,1"17

" H. E. HEYNS ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK CONTROLLED APPARATUS Filed May 21,1924 H090 L?. Hey/75 trolled Apparatus,

Patented pr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO E. IIEYNS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FCR CHECK-CONTROLLED APIPARATUS.

Application filed May 21,

To all ifi/20771. 'zit 122013/ concern.'

Be it known that Huso E. I-Inrns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, hasinvented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Check-Conofwhich the folhuwing is a speciiication.

This invention relates to attachments for coin or check controlledmachines, and has as its object the provision of means for indicatingthe number of coins deposited,

A further object of the invention is to provide an indicating devicewhich may ,be

cheaply manufactured and which' may be readily associated with a coinreceptacle.

yihe invention comprises broadly a member having means for mounting thesame adjacent the inlet opening of a coin receptacle, the member beingprovided with a series of slots adapted to be brought into registry withthe inlet opening and each slot having associated therewith somesuitable means which will indicate the insertion ofa coin therethrough.For this purpose a readily frangible sheet of material may be Vemployedto close each slot, and the fracture of the sheet when the coin isinserted will indicate that the slot has been used.

In the accompanying drawings there is shown one embodiment of theinvention, and in these drawings:

Figure 1 is top plan view, and

lligure 2V is a section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1 showing the deviceproperly posi- The disk 10 is formed with a series of slots.

17, which, preferably, are radially arranged in an annular series sothat when the disk is moved the slots may be brought consecutively intoregistry with the inlet opening of the coin receptacle.

In association with each slot is suitable means for indicating theinsertion of a coin 1924. Serial No. 714,983.

therethrough. This means may be, for eX- ample, glued or otherwisejoined to the under-surface of the disk and a sheet 19 of materialadapted to be readily fractured when a coin .is inserted through any oneof the slots into the receptacle opening.

ln use, a person desiring to keep track of the number of coins depositedwill properly position the attachment in the manner described, and eachtime a coin is to be inserted in the receptacle, will move the disk tobring another slot over the coin inlet opening. It is not necessary thatautomatic means be provided for moving the disk each time a coin isinserted, although such means may be employed if desired, since thedevice is useful for enabling one depositing the coins to keep a recordof the number of coins he inserts in the receptacle.

It will be understood that the gist of the invention is a movablemember, such as the disk 10, provided with means for positioning thesame adjacent the coin inlet openino of a receptacle 11. Obviously, thedisk must be located so that as the same is rotated, the slots 17 may becarried to a position over the coin inlet opening. It being understoodthat modifications may be readily made in the structure illustrated anddescribed without departing from the invention, what I cla-im is:

1. A- device of the class described comprising a member having a seriesof coin slots, means in association with each slot for indicating theinsertion of a coin therethrough, and means adapted to support saidmember over the inlet opening of a coin receptacle, said supportingmeans permitting the member to be moved to bring said slots successivelyinto registry with said opening.

2. A device of the class described comprising a member having a seriesof radially disposed coin slots therein, means in association with eachslot for indicating the insertion of a coin therethrough, and asupporting device rotatably carrying said member and adapted to supportthe member over the inlet opening of a coin receptacle whereby themember may be moved to bring said slots successively into registry withsaid opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HUGO E. Il EYNS.

